2001
Neocortical expansion and elaboration during primate evolution: a view from neuroembryology
Rakic P, Kornack D. Neocortical expansion and elaboration during primate evolution: a view from neuroembryology. 2001, 30-56. DOI: 10.1017/cbo9780511897085.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMammalian brain evolutionMammalian lineagesMammalian ancestorEvolutionary biologyPrimate evolutionEmbryonic developmentNeocortical evolutionLiving speciesBrain evolutionCortical evolutionNeocortical expansionAnthropoid primatesCellular mechanismsComparative anatomyNeuroembryologyPresent reviewRecent advancesEvolutionLineagesAncestorHuman mental capacitiesBiologyBrain massSpeciesPossible mechanism
1998
Changes in cell-cycle kinetics during the development and evolution of primate neocortex
Kornack D, Rakic P. Changes in cell-cycle kinetics during the development and evolution of primate neocortex. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1998, 95: 1242-1246. PMID: 9448316, PMCID: PMC18732, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.3.1242.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell divisionCell division cycleCell cycle kineticsProgenitor cell divisionCell cycle lengthCell cycle durationEvolutionary modificationsEvolutionary expansionCerebral ventricular zoneDevelopmental basisCell productionPrimate neocortexS-phase labelingAnthropoid primatesProgenitor cellsFetal rhesus monkeysNeurogenetic periodVentricular zoneNeocortical sizeCortical cellsNeurogenesisCortical developmentMonkey cortexTotal roundsCortical layers